Effects of Marine Litters on Ferryboat Transportation in Coastal Areas of Rivers State Nigeria
Year: 2022
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This is an empirical study on effects of marine litters on ferryboat transportation in coastal areas of Rivers State. Primary data wascollected with the help of well-structured questionnaire designed by the researcher in four Likert scales and was analyzed using charts,percentage and independent samples T test statistics to determine the significant difference in the mean of the independent groupvariables in the data sets. Four hypotheses were postulated from the objectives of the study to answer the research questions. It wasfound in all the hypotheses tested that; there were statistically significant difference in mean of the grouped data sets. This means thatthe difference between the mean of the grouped data were statistically significant in all the hypotheses tested. Therefore, the nullhypotheses were rejected and the alternative hypotheses accepted, inferring that marine litters cause ferryboat accident, siltation onwater channels; damages to ferryboat propeller, slow speed of ferryboats, and cause irritation to passengers. Based on these findings,some recommendations were made which suggest urgent clean-up of the waterways.
Institution: Rivers State University
Language: English
Subfield: Pollution
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7220121795